Panchi Bora

Panchi Bora is an Indian television actress and model from Assam. She played lead roles in the series Kayamath and Kitni Mast Hai Zindagi before working in the Telugu film industry.

Life and career Panchi Bora is a native of Assam. Her father is a retired army officer who relocated to Pune after his service. In her young adulthood, Bora enrolled at the ILS Law College in Pune. During her first year of college, she appeared in commercial and television advertisements. She worked alongside her mother in a Tata Indicom commercial and then appeared in a Cadbury advertisement.

Bora was discovered by Ekta Kapoor, the head of Balaji Telefilms. After seeing her in an advertisement, Kapoor offered her a role in the first-ever soap to be aired on MTV. Bora played the character of Ananya Puri, a radio jockey in the soap opera, called Kitni Mast Hai Zindagi. She played the central role of Prachi in Kayamath, who according to Bora was "a simple girl, very shy and attached to her family" and "unlike me in real life". She played Maya, an Indian girl, who she described as "extremely spiritual". The production was shot in parts of North India and Moscow.

She made her feature film debut in the 2011 Telugu film, Aakasame Haddu. The Hindu wrote, "Panchi Bora is gorgeous and slips easily into the role of a two-timer". Her second film was Uu Kodathara? Ulikki Padathara?, in which she was paired with Nandamuri Balakrishna. In the unreleased film Yamini Chandrasekhar, she played the titular character, Yamini, an archaeology student.

Filmography Year Film Role Language Notes 2011 Aakasame Haddu Kirti Telugu 2012 Uu Kodathara? Ulikki Padathara? Visalakshi 2012 Dhamarukam Kavita 2014 Prabhanjanam Pranita 2019 22 Yards Shonali Hindi 2020 It's My Life Kajal

Television Year Show Role Notes 2004–2005 Kitni Mast Hai Zindagi Ananya Puri 2007 Kahiin To Hoga Guest (as Prachi) Special appearance Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii Kasautii Zindagii Kay 2007–2009 Kayamath Prachi Milind Mishra 2008 Kumkum – Ek Pyara Sa BandhanGuest (as Prachi)Special appearance Karam Apnaa Apnaa Kasturi CID Neelima Kaun Jeetega Bollywood Ka Ticket Contestant 2009 Bigg Boss 3 Guest Spent 3 days 2010 The Hindu Maya Russian seriesNominated, Best Actress of Drama Series at Monte-Carlo Television Festival Keshav Pandit Sonu Juneja 2012 Gumrah: End of Innocence Neelam Episodic appearance 2015–2016 Gangaa Jhanvi Sagar Chaturvedi